Summary: The first time Jill Pole met Polly Plummer was nine days after her return from Narnia, once the initial hubbub about an escaped circus lion had died down and all the real muck about the Head and the general disastrous state of Experiment House was starting to come to light. (1,900 words)

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Summary: It was tradition in Ryllan's family -- newborn, yet already rooted deep -- that each child in turn would travel to Crystalglass and spend a year in service to the Lady who was their aunt. (1,680 words)

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Summary: Abyss holds many secrets. Some keep them out of fear. Some keep them out of love. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. (750 words)

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Summary: These tunnels didn't carry the icy cold of winter, but even the mild chill and damp of a dreary autumn twilight could leech a body's grip on life, given enough time. Susan wasn't certain, but she thought she and Lucy had been down here at least three days -- perhaps as many as five. (1,636 words)

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I'm trying to write a hurt/comfort ficlet with the hurt being hypothermia.

I've got the hurt part down. I am not having any trouble whatsoever with the hurt.

The comfort part, though.

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Summary: In which Aravis encounters an unexpected complication on her way to set up a moderately illegal coffee import contract. (1,110 words)

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In the interest of having small things I can finish at (hopefully!) reasonable speed while I work on longer and long-delayed projects, it's time once again for a mini-ficlet prompt meme! I'm using my Ladies Bingo card, so this is for stories about female characters and their relationships with each other.

Here is a link to my Ladies Bingo card.

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Summary: Yukiko and Kakashi run an undercover mission in the coastal port of Asase during monsoon season. Rain can make anyone philosophical. Part of the Apartment Manager AU, set after The Guardian in Spite of Herself and before An Unorthodox Pedagogical Approach. (3,515 words)

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Summary: Helping your sister take care of her new twins is vexing. Figuring out a stable and robust system of government for Narnia that will outlast your death is even more vexing, but you can't properly manage the former task without eventually facing the latter. AU, no White Stag. (1,425 words)

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I'm kind of grinding my wheels on my WIP Big Bang project (untitled DW/TMA crossover) and my other focus project (untitled Narnia bridge fic) is also being uncooperative. I therefore want to write some tiny finger-exercises in hopes of unsticking my brain.

Here is a link to my Genprompt Bingo card.

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